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This is precisely the reason I never buy DRM-laded content.

I believe that you are morally (if not legally) within your rights to acquire DRM free versions of content that you've lawfully purchased, including by downloading unencumbered copies or removing DRM yourself.

I buy all my movies and TV shows through iTunes because it gives you actual MP4 files. And then I immediately strip the DRM and load them into Plex. The day that stops working is the day I stop buying movies.

Any suggestion as to the best method to remove DRM?

I've only bought exactly 1 episode of a TV show from Apple. Because of DRM. If I knew I could remove it easily, I would buy many many shows and episodes.

I'm not against paying for content, I'm against DRM.

I presume it's all out there DRM free, on The Pirate Bay or whatever. I have no interest in that, I'm more than willing to pay for content.

I use TunesKit[0] on Windows. It’s $45 but works extremely well. Which is good, because as far as I know it’s the only working method of stripping iTunes DRM right now. Unfortunately, Apple managed to partially break it with iTunes 12.10 so you have to downgrade to 12.9 (they provide a download link in their FAQ).

[0] https://www.tuneskit.com/m4v-converter/

I believe that it's immoral to pay for, and thus support, DRM-infested content to begin with. Just pirate it.

Where do you like to go for your media?

Baen and Tor publish all their books without DRM, on whatever platform you care to buy them on. Baen has their own ebook shop where you can frequently get good deals on bundles.

Music is easy to buy DRM free.

Movies and TV shows... not so much.

PC Games: gog.com

Music: Bandcamp

For movies the only viable option I haveis the grey area of buying the physical media and strip the DRM for your personal use.

More DRM-free sources, if anyone is interested:

https://www.springer.com

https://www.informit.com

https://pragprog.com

https://www.manning.com

https://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals

https://nostarch.com

I use amazon to buy DRM-free music, and I also buy used CDs on ebay.

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